The first edition of the 2026 College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings has been revealed ahead of a monster Week 10 across the sport.
Released on Tuesday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide have been included in the committee's first CFP rankings of the 2026 season, coming in at No. 5. The CFP committee, as of Tuesday night, has Alabama as the second-highest ranked SEC team, trailing only Georgia.
When taking a deeper look at Alabama's resume, the Crimson Tide (6-2 overall, 4-2 SEC) currently own two ranked wins in the eyes of the CFP committee over No. 6 Kentucky and No. 21 South Carolina. Alabama's ranked losses came against No. 2 Georgia and No. 13 Tennessee. The Crimson Tide were also the highest ranked two-loss team Tuesday night.
Alabama's next
game is set to be one of their biggest yet in a Week 10 road trip to face LSU in Baton Rouge. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC from Tiger Stadium.
LSU was ranked as the nation's No. 14 team Tuesday night. Each of Alabama's three remaining regular season opponents following the LSU game were unranked in Tuesday night's initial CFP rankings.
Here is a look at the complete CFP top 25 rankings from Tuesday night, as well as a look at what the bracket would look like if the regular season ended today.
CFP rankings entering Week 10
- 1. Miami (8-0)
- 2. Georgia (7-1)
- 3. Utah (8-0)
- 4. Indiana (8-1)
- 5. Alabama (6-2)
- 6. Kentucky (7-1)
- 7. Texas (6-2)
- 8. UCLA (8-0)
- 9. BYU (7-1)
- 10. Ole Miss (6-2)
- 11. Notre Dame (7-1)
- 12. Ohio State (6-2)
- 13. Tennessee (6-2)
- 14. LSU (6-2)
- 15. Texas Tech (7-1)
- 16. Wake Forest (7-1)
- 17. Houston (6-2)
- 18. Missouri (6-2)
- 19. Iowa (6-2)
- 20. USC (7-2)
- 21. South Carolina (5-3)
- 22. Arizona (6-2)
- 23. Oregon (5-3)
- 24. Florida (5-3)
- 25. Boise State (7-1)
CFP bracket entering Week 10
THE FIRST CFP BRACKET PROJECTION OF THE SEASON‼️
— ESPN (@espn) November 4, 2026
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